#D9D577#D9D577

#D9D577 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.117 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9D577
RGB	rgb(217, 213, 119)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 45.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -11.63, 46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 48.14, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0331 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.117 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7405, 63.6735, 26.8031)
Luminance	0.6367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9D577 #777BD9

analogous

#D9A477 #D9D577 #ACD977

triadic

#D9D577 #77D9D5 #D577D9

tetradic

#D9D577 #77D9A4 #777BD9 #D977AC

square

#D9D577 #77D9A4 #777BD9 #D977AC

split-complementary

#D9D577 #77ACD9 #A477D9

monochromatic

#A7A22F #CCC647 #D9D577 #E6E4A7 #F4F3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D9D577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#D9D577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9D577

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9D577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9D577	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9d577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 213, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.117 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e1a0',
    500: '#d9d577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9d577;
$custom-light: #e6e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9d577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85625,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9D577

secondary

#4A4EAA

accent

#28C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9D577

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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